Stove-urn.



No. 69I,3l9. Patl lfed Jan. I4, i902.

' A. T. MATTHEWS.

S T 0 V E U R N (Application filed Oct. 29, 1901.)

(No Model.)

7/6. 5, a. M. J. fitter-7195.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMBROSE MATTHEWS, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO MATTHEWS MANUFACTURING 00., OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

STOVE-URN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,319, dated. January 14, 1902.

Application file. October 29, 1901. Serial No. 80,436. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AMBROSE T. MATTHEWS, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Vorcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Stove-Urn, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an improved cappiece or ornamental urn for use on what are to termed parlor heating-stoves.

The especial Object of this invention is to provideastrong,simple,andinexpensive form of stove-urn in which the body-portion sections are fastened together and the side brackets or handles are locked in place'upon the body portion by a single fastening rod or bolt.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view, partially in section, of a stoveurn constructed according to my invention, one of the side brackets or handles thereof being shown in a detached position. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view illustrating a modified form of construction. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view illustrating a modified construction'; the position of the fastening-lugs being reversed from that illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 and the key-shaped lug occupying the lower position instead of the upper position, as shown inthe previous figures; and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view in which both lugs of the handle engage sockets ina single section of the body portion. In connection with the older forms of heat- 5 ing-stoves it was usually customary to provide at the top of the stove an urn or vessel containing water for moistening the air.

In more recent forms of stoves the water vessel or urn has usually been replaced by an 0 ornamental top piece or ornamental urn which resembles the urn or water vessel which was formerly employed, but which is not usually desired to contain water. These ornamental top pieces or imitation urns usually 5 comprise a number of sections secured together by a fastening rod or bolt, which may also be employed for fastening the ornament onto the stove. When ornamental urns or stove-finished pieces of this class have herebrackets thereto.

tofore been provided with ornamental handies or side brackets, these handles have usually been cast integrally with the body of the urn or have been secured to the body of the urn by rivets or other permanent fastenings.

The especial object of my present invention is to provide for securing the handles or side brackets of an ornamental urn in place by means of lugs or projections which fit into sockets in the body portion of the urn and are locked in place by the central fastening 6o rod or bolt, so that a single fastening serves for securing the bodyportion sect-ions together and for fastening the handles or side To accomplish this result in a stove-urn constructed according to my 6 invention, the side brackets or ornamental handles are each provided with two extending lugs or projections. One of these lugs is preferably made in the form of a key having a toepiece for engaging the inner side of one of the body-portion sect-ions,,and the other lug consists, preferably, of a straightshank or projection which is not providedwith a toe-piece. In securing a handle as thus constructed in place the key-shaped lug is first inserted into its socket and the straight spur or projection is then looked in place in its socket by tightening the central fastening rod or bolt. I

prefer to usually have the key-shaped lug engage the socket in one sectioh of the body portion of the urn,while the straight lugengages a socket in another section of the body portion of the urn,although the sockets for receiving said lugs may in some cases be located in asingle body-portion section, the flange or edge ofan adjoining body-portion section being relied upon to lock the handle, as hereinafter described. I Referring to the accompanying drawings and in detail, astove-urnconstructed accordo ing to my invention, as illustrated in Fig. 1, comprises a body portion consisting of the knob formed by the sections A and B, with a central ball formed by sections Cand D, and a base or stand formed by the sections E and F. These body-portion sections are preferably stamped up from sheet metal and are secured together by a central fastening rod or bolt G, having an ornamental harp H at its upper; end and having a tightening-nut I at its lower end. The handles J employed in connection with a stove-urn of this form preferably comprises suitable scrollwork and are preferably formed from malleable castings. The handles J are provided at their upper ends, as shown in Fig. 1, with key-shaped lugs 10, having extending toepieces, and with straight projections or lugs 1 1 near their lower ends.

To secure the handles J in place, the nut on the central fastening rod or bolt is loosened, the key-shaped lugs 10 are fitted into their sockets in the body-portion section 0, and the lugs 11 are fitted into their sockets in the body-portion section F. The nut I on the central fastening rod or bolt G is then tightened and serves not only to hold the bodyportion sections together, but also serves to lock the handles in position.

In some cases instead of having the handle-lugs engage as widely-separated bodyportion sections as the sections 0 and F, as shown in Fig. 1, the handles may be secured to the central ball of the body portion. For example, as illustrated in Fig. 2, the central ball of the body portion is of substantially the same construction as that illustrated in Fig. 1, except that its central band is formed from a separate piece or ring K.

The handle J, as illustrated in Fig. 2, is of a different shape from the handle J, (illustrated in Fig. 1,) and its lugs 10 and 11 fitinto the sections G and D, respectively, so that the handle J is fastened to the central ball of the body portion instead of extending down to the base.

In some cases also the relative position-of the fastening-lugs extending from the bandles may beinverted from that shown in Figs. 1 and 2. For example, as illustrated in Fig. 3, the handle J has a straightlug 11, occupy ing a position above its key-shaped lug 10.

In the constructions as thus far described the handle-fastening lugs 10 and 11 of each handle engage recesses in separate body-portion sections. In some cases, however, the handle-fastening lugs may engage sockets in the same body-portion section, the handle being fastened in place by the overlapping edge of an adjoining body-portion section. This construction is illustrated in Fig. 4. As shown in this figure, the fastening-lugs l0 and 11 of the handle J fit into sockets, both of which are formed in the body-portion section D, the handle being locked in place by the overhanging flange of the section 0, which is brought into engagement with the lug or projection 11 when the fastening-nut on the fastening rod or bolt is tightened.

I am aware that other changes may be made in practicing my invention by those who are skilled in the art without departing from the scope thereof as expressed in the claims. I do not wish, therefore, to be limited to the constructions I have herein shown and described; but,

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-- 1. In a cap-piece or ornamental urn for stoves, the combination of a body portion formed by separate sections or pieces, a central fastening rod or bolt, and handles having lugs fitting into sockets in the body portion and locked in place when the body-portion sections are drawn together by the fastening rod or bolt. 2. In a cap-piece or ornamental urn for stoves, the combination of a body portion formed by separate sections or pieces, a central fastening rod or bolt, and handles, each having one lug engaging a socket in one of the body-portion sections, and a second lug engaging a socket in another of the bodyportion sections, so that when the sections are drawn together by the central rod or bolt said handles will'be secured in place.

3. In a cap-piece or ornamental urn for stoves, the combination of a body portion formed by separate sections or pieces, a central'fastening rod or bolt, and handles, each of which is provided with one key-shaped fastening-lug, and one straight fastening-lug, arranged to engage sockets in the body portion, so as to lock the handles in place when the body-portion sections are drawn together by the fastening rod or bolt.

4. In a cap-piece or ornamental urn for stoves, the combination of a body portion formed by separate sheet-metal sections, a

central fastening rod or'bolt, and handles, each of which is provided with a key-shaped locking-lug engaging a socket in one bodyportion section, and a straight lug or projection engaging a socket in a separate bodyportion section, so that said handles will be locked in place when the body-portion sections are drawn together by the central fastening rod or bolt.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. v

AMBROSE T. MATTHEWS.

\Vitnesses:

LOUIS W. SOUTHGATE, PHILIP W. SOUTHGATE. 

